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by Buck Owens



I found this in a misc. file, but it probably should be in a Buck Owens file.
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I've Got A Tiger By The Tail
Buck Owens, Harlan Howard

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   I've Got A      Ti - ger By The  Tail, it's plain to  see;____________

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____           I won't be much when   you get thru' with   me.

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     Well,I'm a-los-ing weight and a - turnin' mighty pale.______________

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 _____          Looks like I've Got A  Ti - ger By The  Tail.____________


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 ____    Well, I thought the day I  met you, you were     meek as a lamb;


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 Just the kind to  fit my dreams and  plans.                         But

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 now, the pace we're  livin' takes the   wind from my  sail    And it

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 looks like I've Got A   Ti - ger  By The Tail.__________

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 __   I've Got A   Ti - ger By The  Tail, it's plain to  see;____________

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____           I won't be much when   you get thru' with   me.

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     Well,I'm a-los-ing weight and a - turnin' mighty pale.______________

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 _____          Looks like I've Got A  Ti - ger By The  Tail.____________

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 ____      Well, ev-'ry night you   drag me where the     bright lights are

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 found;          There ain't no    way to  slow you   down

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                 I'm  a-bout  as  helpless as a      leaf in a   gale;  And
it

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 looks like I've Got A   Ti - ger  By The Tail._____________   I've Got A

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  Ti - ger By The  Tail, it's plain to  see;____________

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____           I won't be much when   you get thru' with   me.

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     Well,I'm a-los-ing weight and a - turnin' mighty pale.______________

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 _____          Looks like I've Got A  Ti - ger By The  Tail.____________